. "The finest cannas in the world." . R LOOK AT THESE 1st the parent flower, which was commonlyknown as Indian Shot, and then note one of ourlatest seedling Lily-Cannas with petals over 3inches across This remarkable result has beensecured by the*continuous ef-forts of o u rvice-president,Antoine Wint-zer, and he hasto his creditsuch famousvar i eties asMrs: Alfred , Olym-pic, Rosea Gi-gantea, andscores of oth-e r s , all ofthem leadersin their classand m a g n i -tude of thetask, the de-tail and ex-pense involvedi n producingLily- Cannassuch as weoffer, can in aw
. "The finest cannas in the world." . R LOOK AT THESE 1st the parent flower, which was commonlyknown as Indian Shot, and then note one of ourlatest seedling Lily-Cannas with petals over 3inches across This remarkable result has beensecured by the*continuous ef-forts of o u rvice-president,Antoine Wint-zer, and he hasto his creditsuch famousvar i eties asMrs: Alfred , Olym-pic, Rosea Gi-gantea, andscores of oth-e r s , all ofthem leadersin their classand m a g n i -tude of thetask, the de-tail and ex-pense involvedi n producingLily- Cannassuch as weoffer, can in aw a y be rea-lized when itis known that2700 SeedlingCannas wereplanted outJune, 1912. Of this number, 426 were picked out, labeled and duplicate records kept of each. Out ifi of this lot of 426 there may be. Original Native Canna C. WEST GROVE, PENNA. 17 ifi TWO PICTURES only one, or possibly six, finally chosen as super- ior to exsiting varieties and good [ enough to send out to Conard & Jones customers. In his 18 1 years of painstaking toil, Mr. Wintzer has han- dled between40,000 and ^ 50,000 seed- lings w h ic h have to be cared forSum- mer and Win- ftl lV4flHHHL.^k. ter, and all this expense and labor has ^^^^^^^^^Hh^^IhIh been spent to ^^H|^^^^ wSp ^^H^^I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HJ^^^^B raise the C. & J. Lily - Canna ^HJ^^HH^H^HpH^HHI^^^ to the high ^^^â HH^^^r ^^ standing i t ^^^^^HH^^P^ now occupies ^^â ^â ^^^y^^ as the finest H^BE- and most sat- Ih^^K- isfactory, con- ^hH^L s t a n t and ^H^^^^^nF sure bloom- ^â ^^^^^K 4 ing Summer ^H^H^^B 9 fiower in ex- ^^^HhHb ^W istence. One ^^^^H^^p # ^ of Americas ^^H^^^^ most promi- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-- * - ^ nent horticul- I^^Bii^HHI^^^^^ turists says : H^^^9HHH|^^P The Canna mm ^^^^ i s likely t osupercede the Geranium as _ U ^ J J ⢠â
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